Horray! SD acceptances make sense!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>4.7 Weighted comes out to be 3.9 UC GPA
10 years of Classical Piano lessons, Advanced Level Certificate of Merit, Selected to Long Beach Honors Recital several times.
3 years of tennis, wrote one of my essays on my passion for tennis.
SAT II: 760 Math IIC, 680 Writing, 740 Physics</p>

<p>Excuse me for being egotistical, but I'll stop when you all realize how ridiculous the selection system is. Don't get me wrong because I'm like best friends with my cousin, but it's when my cousin, with a D in Pre-Calc Honors, a 3.6 weighted GPA, 1300 something on his SAT, almost exactly the same ECs as me gets into UCSD and I don't... It's when something like that happens and someone proclaims that "SD acceptances make sense!" that I feel that I have to express my disagreement. And I can say that I'm incredibly sorry if my opinion has offended you.</p>

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<p>"I actually think they should discriminate against people who come from crappier schools. Obviously it's easier to get A's there since the cirriculum has to be dumbed down. Send me to any poorly-off school and see if my GPA would be so bad."</p>

<p>I got to a school that is in the bottom 30%, but the teachers definitely don't dumb down the curriculum. a large percentage of the people are just minorities that really don't care about that STAR 9 testing or about school. They're happy getting D's because they'll still get their diploma. I guess maybe they give us extra points for that because it's hard to get motivated when you have to deal with that. but truth be told, I'm surprised they would give someone points just because they attend a lousy school.</p>

<p>You should've gotten in coolman. it's cases like these that make me feel guilty for getting into UCLA with a 3.6 gpa. I feel like I was "recruited" for stupid reasons. to add diveristy or something.</p>

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<p>coolman, i dont mean to sound like an ass, but quit complaining everyone has hard classes. one of my classes the teacher gives out questions staright from an AP test, without preperation and dosen't curve and i'm not *<strong><em>ing.
everyone with a low gpa says their school is ultra competitive but if you think HS is competitive, you're in for something. high schools are only competitive when it comes to rank. i have many teachers that went to stanford and UC's and I did fine. i mean... yeah sometimes some people deserve to get in more than others, but you can't *</em></strong> about a system like that when 40,000 people apply and a lot of them have higher GPA's than you. UCSD is not a private college, they don't have the time to look at your individually. Also, about the classes, standards are standards. You'll find them everywhere. It's unfortunate that the class isn't counted but it's impossible for the UC's to know the quality level of that class. Some computer classes are a joke. Without standardized requirements it would be impossible to ever get through 40,000 applications.</p>

<p>btw: if this is censored **** = b.i.t.ch.</p>

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<p>UCLA wants diversity</p>

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<p>And since UCSD uses a kind of "points" system (comprehensive review), then there is a set formula for getting accepted and not. There is a simple cutoff, so there must be something lacking in your application if you don't get in. Don't blame it on others taking your spot because though they don't have as good of grades as you or something. Ultimately, it's no one's fault but your own (as harsh as that may seem). :o</p>

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<p>I just got an invitation for some program at UCLA called Academic Advancement Program. according to the website, it's meant for people "who have struggled for civil rights, social justice, and access and equity for all." i guess ucla wants social justice, it's not just about having diversity on campus. that will probably make some of you angry, but I can't complain because I'm benefiting from it. sorry, kinda off topic.</p>

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<p>megathunder: u can call ucsd ( <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=43206%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=43206&lt;/a> ) they'll tell u exactly by how many points and why you were rejected</p>

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<p>I got in and got a 10000 scholarship</p>

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<p>I don't blame others for getting in. They've done nothing wrong. In fact, I think they deserve to get in because they met what the system was looking for. I just blame the system.</p>

<p>But as I already mentioned in my post, it's not very fun getting rejected, so please stop the harsh comments.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, and ROP is a very big program, it's not just at my school. I took Culinary Arts ROP at another school district and the teacher was very qualified, 30+ years cooking experience, 8+ years as an Executive chef at a Hilton. He only went into teaching because he was getting old and didn't want to deal with the rushing pace of a hotel kitchen. After six weeks everyone went to different hotels to intern. This ROP class is so well recognized that the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) which is like the Harvard of cooking schools recognizes it and sends a representative to recruit prospective chefs.</p>

<p>ROP has other classes like Criminology, Hospitality, Nursing, etc</p>

<p>Of course, I want to be an Engineer so that class was nothing but fun, but just to point out that ROP is nothing to scoff at and the UCs should seriously consider counting it as A-G.</p>

<p>Anyways, back to what I was originally going to post about...</p>

<p>Let me clarify:</p>

<p>Standardized tests are underemphasized. Different classes at different high schools obviously grade differently. Class rank means nothing because the UCs don't know about them (except for ELC). Therefore to compare applicants, a common test should be used. But unfortunately it just can't work that way.</p>

<p>My friend from the other side of town goes to a schol ranked #53 in the nation. (Mine's in the top 500). Guess what? If you pass the AP exam with a 4 or 5, you automatically get an A in that class. My school doesn't. Already it's unfair. But what can you do right? Oh wait! Standardized tests... <em>sigh</em> but let's just not emphasize them as much as grades.</p>

<p>But seriously, you cannot expect grades recieved in classes taught by different teachers at different schools in different school districts with different funding and different standards to be equivalent.</p>

<p>And I'd like to thank newpswahine who responded to my post without cussing or being rude. Thank you for reminding me that most people on College Confidential are friendly even when someone's having a bad day and being an ass-hole.</p>

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<p>im a white male, my dad takes in 270,000 a year, and my mom doesnt work...
i got into engineering with 1270/710/580/580/4.2
i am sure its the gpa here, my extra curriculars were not all too great, i did write one of my essays on my major however, but i left the awards section completely blank, i also have two C's on my transcript, and made a level change from ap euro due to a C-
im sure this supports your rediculous selections thesis, but dont blame the minorities... they go to overrated private schools on overappraised scholarships</p>